Voyager lesson
Probe a good idea for it's day re Belfast.
When the RAF decided not have voyager equipped with a boom I wrote to my MP pointing out it seemed daft given the C17 based on the same airfield and a boom might be handy re inter operability...
Got the usual platitudes, RAF C17 does not need AAR goes for miles, did not want boom over third basket etc.
So here we are then three baskets which do not fit probes and in the meantime the RAF has a few rivet joint aircraft which need a boom....
The old school attitude of bolting one on just in case holds good for me.
Final point what was the worse project in terms of design, engineering, politics and costs?
Belfast or A400?